Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA 2004)

U.S. Department of Education - Home Page


Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) - Home Page

OSEP Sponsored National Studies

• The National Early Intervention Longitudinal Study (NEILS)

• Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS)

• NLTS2: National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS-2)

• SPeNSE: Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE)-- Data tables available

• State and Local Implementation of IDEA (SLIIDEA)

• Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS)

OSEP's Annual Reports to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

Most recent report:
2007 Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part D.



Annual Performance Report Letters

Part B Annual Performance Report Letters
Part B State Performance Report (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR)


Part C Annual Performance Report Letters
Part C State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR)



Data Accountability Center (DAC)
The  Data Accountability Center (DAC) provides public access to IDEA Part B and Part C data.  These data are reported annually by states to  OSEP and include state-by-state, rank-ordered, and trend data.
IDEA Part B and Part C data


State Monitoring Reports